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They were never going to appoint Kenny, if anyone could get the fans behind him and therefore against the H&G it would be him...

Dont be silly, that wins you nothing...other than a CL, Fa Cup and some pride

Well he shifted the blame for Northampton onto the players...I am sure he is supremely confident in his tactics, hence the frustration during the Northampton game...throwing off his jacket and doing a impression of Steve Mclaren

We all knew this would happen, he is english so they wont blame him (yet)...its all Rafa's fault...not the tactics or team selection...

Yes definitely, Yanks out, closely followed by Roy.

I am definitely not taking any glee from this, I am just really angry, we sacked one of the best managers in our history...replace him with a mediocre, tactical nieve mid table manager. What is really pissing me off is this whole situation could have been avoided. Yes it did look like Rafa had lost the dressing room last season, but at least replace him with someone of equal or upcoming potential, Pellegrini would have been my choice. Yes he could have failed and I expect we would have struggled early doors, but it would have been because of him getting used to the PL and not lack of ability.... Not only that if we had appointed someone with no PL experience I am sure all of us would be giving him more time and not calling for him to be sacked after a few months. RH doesnt even qualify for the "i am getting used to the PL and english football system" excuse...

Yep, quote from the his post match interview: "But it's enough for me to say I am very disappointed and you can see that on my face. I did not expect to be sitting here having lost a penalty shootout, which is the worst possible way of losing matches I can assure you. I have lost a UEFA Cup final on penalties, so I know how bitter they are, what a lottery they are and what damage they can do to the players who miss them.

I thought it was quite pathetic that good ol Roy took it upon himself to try and remind everyone what he had achieved in a - thats right i guided fulham to a UEFA cup final so I know what i am talking about - kinda way, thats what all top managers do, talk about there past achievements when they have just been knocked out by some part timers from league 2....

Good post, I agree with this, his post match interviews and comments are terrible, and unfortunately they indicate the lack of class in the man. When things start going wrong the aim would be to bring the players closer together, get to them gel and get that siege mentality going. Tonight he just came out and said it was there fault, which to me indicates that he is heaping the majority of the blame on them and not his tactics or system. Also I know people keep bringing it up...but his failure to stand up for Torres really pissed me off. So far we have tactical nievete and now cowardly, what a great manager we have, please leave now before you do any more damage.

He said: "The fact is these players have to accept responsibility. I have to accept responsibility for changing a lot of players in the team, but I did it because I thought the players I put on the field would be good enough to go out and win the game. "They weren't, so the obvious conclusion to that is that I shouldn't have changed so many players and should have let some of those players who played against Manchester United play tonight, but I honestly believed the team we put out on the field would have been strong enough to get a result. "But we weren't and that's because we didn't play well enough, didn't pass the ball well enough throughout the game and you must give some credit to Northampton who worked extremely hard and I'm sure they'll go away feeling they have stolen nothing here tonight and were worth their victory." He continued: "They (the players) will have to do a lot of work to get themselves back into favour, but it's early doors for some of them. Some of the players who played tonight are still quite young. Thats right its all the players fault, not yours at all the tactics you employed or your lack of ability to make a change when things obviously werent working. Then to go on and say that the players will need to do alot to gain his confidence again, what has he done to gain theres or ours for that matter? Incompetent, mediocre, cowardly fool who doesnt deserve the job, "nice guy" but just not good enough.

Against Northampton - FFS, what a joke we are becoming. I can picture it now, knocking the ball around in our own half not really doing anything with it and then hitting it long and hoping...

I missed the game tonight (which is probably a good thing by all accounts ), but can i get a summary if possible, did we press, did we play on the counter, did we knock it long, was the striker isolated, limited service?

Purslow speaks.... http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/video/News-and-Interviews/10-11/Purslow-answers-21192.php3

The sad part is, we couldnt really afford to sack Rafa either...yet he was pushed out the door after one bad season.

I agree, thats something that really annoyed me. At least have some backbone and stand up for yor players, especially Torres who seems to be getting it from all angles atm.

TBH I dont care if Meireles was a Roy signing or not, for the sake of this argument lets say he was....what difference does it make? IMO it says that Roy has an eye for a good player (the less said about PFK the better) but it doesnt in any way make up for his tactical nievete or indicate to me that we are going to play high tempo, pressing football? The football doesnt need to be wengeresque type stuff but at least press the opposition. Time and time again on Sunday we let them play in front of us, ping it around and its been the same in every game so far. That is one trait that I have seen in every game, its not working and though it may have worked to reasonable effect with his previous club its not going to work with us.

Yep i noticed that too, hmmm strange....so maybe all the rumours of CIC investing in Lpool were actually as a result of Hicks discussions with Blackstone?

Currently my interpretation of Solidity is mid table mediocrity...

Only english candidate, any ideas who the others were other than Pellegrini?

I am not impressed with Roy, his tactical nievete, baffling substitutions, and some of the things he is saying or not as it maybe. I think what really annoyed me was his failure to defend Torres, I mean ffs...doesnt want to upset his best buddy Fergie. Of course Fergie doesnt care about it, will say whatever he likes...but not our Roy...

Lets hope not, we all know its time for a change and the sooner these two cancers leave the better. DH, previously you indicated that you were getting some information from some of Huangs PR people (iirc) or a friend who was involved in the deal. With this recent post from Bamba who also appears to be getting information from a similar source....have you heard anything new? I know you got some stick for sharing previously but tbh any news is good news atm...

What a joke, he feed off scraps and longballs the entire game due to an average manager, not being utilised correctly, I doubt he is fully fit either.

TBH we are all annoyed, depressed, angry and as some have pointed out its mainly because of the ownership situation. We are tired of the crap, the lack of support for the manager, the lack of any statements coming out of the club its all doom atm... So we look to the pitch for a bit of positivity, something to make us smile and forget for a small time just how far as a club we have fallen...now we have the same standard both on and off the pitch. We can all see that something is wrong, something needs to change but we are powerless. We are directing all of this frustration at the manager, because in the past despite all the s*** we would normally (with the exception of last season) deliver on the pitch more often than not. Thats not happening atm, so there is no patience and yes maybe a few years ago I would have given a manager more time...but if I cant express my annoyance at tactics on a internet forum where can i? The problem with Roy is that I just dont think he's good enough, I was hoping to see something that would make me think different but I havent...I am not looking for us to start hammering teams 6-0 or to play "sexy football" b****x just play the type of football that wins us games. It was clear for everyone to see today that the system employed wasnt working, this it not a one off but has been the same in every game so far...surely a good manager could see this? The real question is does he have the ability to change it, or employ something else that works? Or will he keep on playing the same way...hoping that it works? Unfortunately I am going with the latter I want to be proved wrong, I want to have to eat these words in a few months...but so far I have seen nothing that indicates that i will be.

I agree with this, when you remove all the Rafa this Roy that type statments it comes down to Roy just not being good enough, unless he goes through some transformation in the next 5-10 games.... Which after managing a certain way for a number of years I dont think very likely

Errr it was tongue in cheek, it made me chuckle to myself thats all. I am not a fan but there was a in there for a reason... Jesus